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Bachelor of Music with Honours (MusB(Hons))

  • Bachelor (Honours)

The aim of the Bachelor of Music with Honours (MusB(Hons)) is to enable students to become highly skilled in one (or more) of the following fields of music: musical performance, composition, music research, and recording and production.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Course Code
MusB(Hons)

About this course

The aim of the Bachelor of Music with Honours (MusB(Hons)) is to enable students to become highly skilled in one (or more) of the following fields of music: musical performance, composition, music research, and recording and production.

This degree equips Music students with the skills necessary for an advanced professional career that is in line with the demands of the modern music industry. It also provides opportunities for further academic study in musicology (research in an area of music studies) and opportunities for postgraduate study at Master's or PhD level.

MusB(Hons) graduates have pursued careers in music performance, media, theatre, music education, technology and other related fields.

Entry requirements

  1. Admission to the programme shall be subject to the approval of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Humanities).
  2. Every applicant shall have fulfilled one of the following conditions:
    1. have been admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Music with an average grade of at least B+ for the appropriate 300-level papers;
    2. have been admitted with the status of one who is entitled to proceed to the degree;
    3. have a qualification acceptable to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and produce evidence acceptable to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of ability to proceed to the degree.
  3. A student enrolled for a postgraduate diploma programme may not be admitted retrospectively and transfer to an Honours programme unless he or she would have been eligible for admission at the commencement of the programme and the structure and duration of the postgraduate diploma programme are identical to those for the Honours programme.

Study locations

Dunedin